Week of 20250608 - Ghana Week 65: Divinely Changed Plan; Temple Prep; Driving Experience; Nightly Medicine Call; Zone Conference; Fetching Water; Downside of English
= Sunday, we went to Mfuom after having planned yesterday to be elsewhere. I was needed to make a correction mid-ordinance, and Steph and I were asked to review things people should know for their first time in the temple. We covenant to strive to keep Heavenly Father's commandments; sincerely repent; exercise faith in Jesus Christ's atonement for us as we love God and love our neighbor; have sex only within marriage; and dedicate what God has blessed us with to building up Christ's church on earth, which includes ourselves and our families. God in turn promises us spiritual strength and protection to do these things.
= Monday, when leaving the office for the day, I brought a stove in from the truck - our reason for being in Mfuom yesterday - to tell the Office Elders that Mfuom didn’t need it. I learned we had been asked to bring the stove to Jukwa, not Mfuom. So because I absent-mindedly agreed to bring something to a place we hadn’t planned to go near and mis-remembered the request, we changed our plan from the day before and were present at our own branch when we were definitely needed. You can’t make this stuff up; no one would believe you.
= Tuesday, I rode with a new Assistant to the President as he drove in Ghana for the first time. I see the purpose of this exercise as helping him build confidence so he doesn't panic in a tight spot, and gently pointing out extra considerations when driving in Ghana [such as expecting people and vehicles to flow around you on *both* sides, in both directions]. I ride with the new driver, exuding confidence so he’ll feel confident, until he's ready.
= Steph has a nightly Zoom call to watch a missionary take medicine properly; Steph takes her own medicine while on the call.
= Wednesday, we prepared for zone conference, presented each day to a third of the mission for three days. In the evening, Steph popped up from a kneeling position on the floor without using her arms for support; good job [grin]!
= Thursday, we attended the first session of zone conference. We heard not just from young missionaries and the Morgans but also from President Morgan's counselors. At lunch, District President Davies (First Counselor) remarked that the Mfuom Branch had gone to the temple on Tuesday this week and he hoped they had had a refresher about the temple. I was pleased to be able to say that Steph and I had briefed them about the temple five days ago. [More of God keeping the big picture.] Steph gave a medical briefing.
= Friday, we attended the second session of zone conference. There were too many takeaways from these conference sessions to cover even a sliver of them here. Galatians 5:22 helps people recognize when they are feeling the spirit - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Doctrine and Covenants 58:27-28 reminds us to not wait around to be told what to do - Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.
= In the evening, we considered where the mission vehicles might fit in our compound while the mission compound is being resurfaced. We watched Star Trek - Next Generation. We relaxed.
= Saturday, we attended the third session of zone conference. This was the Morgans' last time to address the mission. The Morgans learned more about each other on this mission and are grateful to have served a mission again. It’s all about choices. Do just one more thing. Over time, get more strength. Being yoked with the Lord makes your burdens light.
= In the evening, I drove Elders next door to the mission compound to fill the back of our truck with jugs of water for them to use. An Elder shared with me that it's frustrating to him to bring new friends to a Sacrament meeting where English is spoken; because, they only know Twi. I hadn't considered the downside of English in a meeting until that conversation.
to church
= Sunday, we went to Mfuom after having planned yesterday to be elsewhere. I was needed to make a correction mid-ordinance, and Steph and I were asked to review things people should know for their first time in the temple. We covenant to strive to keep Heavenly Father's commandments; sincerely repent; exercise faith in Jesus Christ's atonement for us as we love God and love our neighbor; have sex only within marriage; and dedicate what God has blessed us with to building up Christ's church on earth, which includes ourselves and our families. God in turn promises us spiritual strength and protection to do these things.
= Monday, when leaving the office for the day, I brought a stove in from the truck - our reason for being in Mfuom yesterday - to tell the Office Elders that Mfuom didn’t need it. I learned we had been asked to bring the stove to Jukwa, not Mfuom. So because I absent-mindedly agreed to bring something to a place we hadn’t planned to go near and mis-remembered the request, we changed our plan from the day before and were present at our own branch when we were definitely needed. You can’t make this stuff up; no one would believe you.
= Tuesday, I rode with a new Assistant to the President as he drove in Ghana for the first time. I see the purpose of this exercise as helping him build confidence so he doesn't panic in a tight spot, and gently pointing out extra considerations when driving in Ghana [such as expecting people and vehicles to flow around you on *both* sides, in both directions]. I ride with the new driver, exuding confidence so he’ll feel confident, until he's ready.
= Steph has a nightly Zoom call to watch a missionary take medicine properly; Steph takes her own medicine while on the call.
= Wednesday, we prepared for zone conference, presented each day to a third of the mission for three days. In the evening, Steph popped up from a kneeling position on the floor without using her arms for support; good job [grin]!
= Thursday, we attended the first session of zone conference. We heard not just from young missionaries and the Morgans but also from President Morgan's counselors. At lunch, District President Davies (First Counselor) remarked that the Mfuom Branch had gone to the temple on Tuesday this week and he hoped they had had a refresher about the temple. I was pleased to be able to say that Steph and I had briefed them about the temple five days ago. [More of God keeping the big picture.] Steph gave a medical briefing.
= Friday, we attended the second session of zone conference. There were too many takeaways from these conference sessions to cover even a sliver of them here. Galatians 5:22 helps people recognize when they are feeling the spirit - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Doctrine and Covenants 58:27-28 reminds us to not wait around to be told what to do - Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.
= In the evening, we considered where the mission vehicles might fit in our compound while the mission compound is being resurfaced. We watched Star Trek - Next Generation. We relaxed.
= Saturday, we attended the third session of zone conference. This was the Morgans' last time to address the mission. The Morgans learned more about each other on this mission and are grateful to have served a mission again. It’s all about choices. Do just one more thing. Over time, get more strength. Being yoked with the Lord makes your burdens light.
= In the evening, I drove Elders next door to the mission compound to fill the back of our truck with jugs of water for them to use. An Elder shared with me that it's frustrating to him to bring new friends to a Sacrament meeting where English is spoken; because, they only know Twi. I hadn't considered the downside of English in a meeting until that conversation.
or: {For the sake of grace}
(The bike is blue and red, confusing the eye.)
Facial and skin care, hair cut, perming, braiding, washing
I think the motorcyclist has a small rider in front of him.
Probably {Thorny}
Probably Boafo Ye Na {Helpers are rare}
If not Jesus
And then they respond to questions.
This activity reminds me of a course I took for my second Masters degree. This is amazing preparation for their future.
Baptism opens the gate; then other members and leaders need to help these new converts.
[We don't often get to hear from President Davies at a Zone Conference, but this was the last round of conferences prior to the Morgans' departure.]
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Then Elder Nelson is flanked by then Elder Morgan and his missionary companion.
The Morgans are shown next to signs welcoming them here three years ago.
It's hand sanitizer, not Windex; it just looks like it.
A media award. Elders Shupe and Osarumwense, Nkanfoa Zone.
Matthew 18:4 - Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Ezekiel 37:19 - Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
[Can refer to the Book of Mormon, a record kept by Joseph's descendants, and the Bible, for which Judah's descendants provided the Old Testament; they testify of each other and are best used together.]
A media award: video by Elder Broulim, Hemang Zone. CH RCH isn't the same without U.
I'm reminded of President Morgan saying: Do you have a church? Good, go to church. If you're not going to church, come to ours.
.. of their own free will..
.. bring to pass much righteousness..
The climax of the Haka..
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. -- Mark 16:15
Moroni 7:33 - And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.
Elders Koroma and Musonye, Mankessim Zone.
Matthew 17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Testimonies by departing missionaries
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Sales opportunities
Disabled bus
Stranded passengers
Filling jugs at the mission compound (borehole)
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Our driver's-side low beam intermittently fails. If it would stay off, we could get it replaced.
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Muddy
Activity
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